History's Movies

The film follows New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg who is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody "Year Zero" cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million "undesirable" civilians.

In December 1970, rock 'n' roll icon Elvis Presley travels to the White House to request a meeting with President Richard Nixon. This film tells the untold true story behind this revealing, yet humorous moment in the Oval Office forever immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives.

The film is a reconstruction of the discovery of the White House link with the Watergate affair that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation uncovered by "The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.

Lucy Worsley untangles Louis XIV's complex world of court etiquette, fashion and feasting, while court politics expert Helen Castor delves into the archives and unpicks the Machiavellian world that Louis created.

The film tells the story of an American (Christian Bale) who tries to protect a group of Chinese students and prostitutes from Japanese soldiers in 1937 Nanjing. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon in 1977, three years after the scandal that ended his presidency.

With great achievements under his belt, Tucker is determined to create a futuristic car for the masses: the Tucker Torpedo. Naturally, the corporate fat cats of 1947 can't abide competition from a rugged individualist; thus, with several politicos in their pockets, they crush the Tucker and the man who built it.

As I AM: The Life and Times of groundbreaking DJ AM depicts DJ AM's entire life from seed to sorrow, his controversial death in 2009, his work of the mash-up pioneer and his influence on electronic music.

In 1940, museum director Jacques Jaujard and German officer Count Franz Wolff-Metternich work together to protect Louvre artworks from the Nazis. The film is a dense, enriching meditation on the Louvre, Paris and the role of art as an intrinsic part of the spirit of civilization.

When an accident claims the life of a young girl, Hyo-jin, her twin sister, So-yeon, fell into a coma and awakens 10 years later. As ominous events and deaths accumulate, So-yeon begins to discover the terrible secret that haunts her and her family.

Engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is part of a vast enterprise: stringing a telegraph line across America. When he leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor.

The film centers on ambitious young pilot Hannibal Lee (Laurence Fishburne), telling the true story of how a group of African American pilots overcame racist opposition to become one of the finest US fighter groups in World War II.

Blue-collar Francis Ouimet fights class prejudice while mastering golf, a game guarded by the upper crust. Soon, with the help of his spunky 10-year-old caddy Eddie, Francis boldly breaks down all barriers with a thrilling display of unrivaled drive, skill, and heart, and challenges the golf pro for the U.S. Open Championship!

The film is an imagined chapter from Jesus' forty days of fasting and praying in the desert. As he wanders in the desert, Jesus Christ (Ewan McGregor) tangles with Satan (also McGregor) for the souls of a nomad (Ciarán Hinds) and his family.

Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of the U.S. soccer team (Gerard Butler, Wes Bentley, Jay Rodan) who are heavy underdogs as they prepare to play the British squad in a 1950 World Cup preliminary game.

Based on true events, this crime drama follows the events leading up to the infamous shootout between rival gangs led by Al Capone and George "Bugs" Moran. It traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.

Homeless New York City newsboy Jack "Cowboy" Kelly befriends two newcomers to his trade, brothers David and Les Jacobs. When they are exploited beyond reason by their bosses, they set out to enact change and are met by the ruthlessness of big business.